Happy Fernandez (1939 – January 19, 2013) was an American politician. Fernandez was a former Temple University professor. She joined the city council of Philadelphia in 1992 but left on September 28, 1998 to run for mayor.[1]
In 1999, she unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Philadelphia, becoming the city's first female mayoral candidate. She was born in 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska; her birth name was Gladys Vivian Craven. Fernandez was involved in the Moore College of Art and Design's new expansion and later went on to run the college as president until she retired in 2012.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Bunch, William (29 September 1998). "Happy's Big Day Happy Announces She Quits Council To Run For Mayor, Gets Jump On Rivals". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Famed Philly politician Happy Fernandez dies at 74". Philly.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Fattah Mourns the Loss of Philadelphia Leader Happy Fernandez". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2013.